Overview

• FNSEA president Arnaud Rousseau announced a nationwide day of action for Thursday, 25 September, with demonstrations planned in every department.
• The mobilization targets the EU–Mercosur deal, tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, and what the union describes as a flow of agricultural imports that fail to meet French or EU standards, citing Ukrainian eggs as an example.
• Rousseau argues France’s ability to feed itself is eroding, pointing to rising import shares for poultry, fruit and vegetables alongside falling production and collapsing farm incomes.
• He criticizes proposed Mercosur safeguard clauses as ineffective because they would trigger only after an annual variation above 10%, which he calls a “market of dupes.”
• Rousseau contends the European Commission plans to split the Mercosur agreement to keep the commercial chapter under its sole remit and warns that a projected CAP envelope of €300 billion for 2028–2034 would mean a significant cut in farm support.